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The Vampire Diaries Comic-Con Panel: Live Blog!

With cast members Joseph Morgan, Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder, Candice Accola and Paul Wesley on stage, along with producer Kevin Williamson, the Comic-Con crowd is going crazy over The Vampire Diaries, especially after we watch the first season three teaser.

Come along as TV Fanatic live blogs the event (and return later for my video interviews with the cast):

3:41 Which character death affected Williamson the most? "Jenna's was very hard for me," while Somerhalder jumps in: "It's one of those things, you become so close to people and reading about when Vicki dies was heartbreaking. Seeing it and being there was worse."

3:44 Happy birthday to Paul Wesley! The crowd breaks into song in honor of the actor, who thanks them and says he hates birthdays. He can't wait to embrace the dark side of Stefan, though.

3:48 Dobrev can't choose between Katherine and Elena: "I get the best of both worlds. I get to be the bad girl, the good girl. Have flashbacks, bite people. I can't pick one because they are both challenging and awesome. They'll kill me one day."

3:53 Somerhalder would love to shoot in foreign locations because "when you're used to living in Los Angeles where there are no seasons and then you shoot in Atlanta, and read night exterior... shirtless, it kicks your butt." Yes, attendees cheered at the s word.

3:58 Somerhalder, Williamson and Wesley would all love to portray Klaus for an episode, Accola is happy with her own role: "I like being Caroline."

4:01 So... Damon or Stefan for Elena? Williamson simply teases: "At the end of the season Elena says it's okay to love both of them."

4:07 If Nina HAD to choose, would she go with Damon or Stefan? Sorry, that's not gonna do it, fan. She says: "The problem is half the room would get mad if I said one, half if I said the other. The beauty of this situation is I don't have to choose."

4:09 Does the cast have a dream guest star? Dobrev says "Justin Bieber wanted to be on our show, while Williamson said: "We're not big on stunt casting, we just write genuine characters and find the right actor to play them."

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You want a love that consumes you. You want passion and adventure, and even a little danger... I want you to get everything you're looking for. But for right now, I want you to forget that this happened. Can't have people knowing I'm in town yet. Goodnight, Elena.

Damon: You know what they are? Children. Like lighting a candle's going to make everything OK, or even saying a prayer. Or pretending Elena's not going to end up just like the rest of us murdering vampires. Stupid, delusional, exasperating little children. And I know what you're going to say: 'It makes them feel better, Damon.' So what? For how long? A minute, a day? What difference does it make? Because in the end, when you lose somebody, every candle, every prayer is not going to make up for the fact that the only thing you have left is hole in your life where that somebody that you cared about used to be. And a rock with a birthday carved into it that I'm pretty sure is wrong. So thanks, friend. Thanks for leaving me here to babysit. Because I should be long gone by now. I didn't get the girl, remember? I'm just stuck here fighting my brother and taking care of the kids. You owe me big.Alaric: I miss you too, buddy.